"Sustainability starts with your local organic farm"

Sunday, September 16, 1 - 5 p.m. at
Everdale Organic Farm & Environmental Learning Centre

The collaboration of Organic Advocates and Everdale Organic Farm & Environmental Learning Centre will produce one of the most beautiful & educational experiences yet. An interactive trip through the farm will bring you to the Feast of Fields site on rolling pasture-land at the edge of cedar & mixed deciduous woodlots. Here you can sample an array of fresh organic delicacies prepared by top Southern Ontario chefs who rise to the challenge of serving and presenting their dish in a biodegradable, waste-free manner. Sip some of Ontario's craft beers and V.Q.A. wines; taste organic juices, coffees, and teas; listen to live music; stroll through the farmer's market; and visit the tables of vendors & non-profit groups who provide additional opportunities to learn about sustainable living.

All the food is created to be eaten by hand, eliminating paper plates and other disposable items. In the past, chefs have ingeniously served their fare wrapped in lettuce leaves, nestled in vegetable cups, layered on croquettes, mounded on cornbread and even set on cedar planks and pieces of slate. As a guest, you will be given a linen napkin and wine glass to use throughout the afternoon.

This year's site is an organic farm and hands-on learning center for sustainable living. From organic agriculture to renewable energy and alternative building methods, Everdale is an educational leader. They have over 100 acres of certified organic land, growing vegetables, grains, hay and cover crops. They also protect 50 acres of uncultivated lands for wildlife habitat.

2007 Feast of Fields highlights farmers in a new way and will feature a farmers market where you can purchase fresh organic produce to take home with you. Farmers will be throughout the site offering samples of their bounty. Feast of Fields is truly a celebration of the farmer.

maps to Everdale Farm & Environmental Learning Centre

Supporting Organic Agriculture

Funds raised through Organic Advocates' Feast of Fields help support organic agriculture and the promotion and understanding of growing, cooking and eating organics.

This year Feast of Fields will be donating a portion of the proceeds to The Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario. The EFAO was established in 1979 to develop and provide programs promoting the practice and advancement of ecological agriculture, which maintains and enhances the health of the soil, water, crops, livestock and the diversity of the environment.

For more information on EFAO please visit their website at www.efao.ca

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The Ontario Greenbelt is an area of protected green space, farmland, and vibrant communities surrounding the Golden Horseshoe. It covers 1.8 million acres - including the Niagara Escarpment, the Oak Ridges Moraine, and Rouge Park.

Created in 2005 to protect key environmentally sensitive land and farmlands from urban development and sprawl, the Greenbelt:

• Preserves some of the best agricultural land in Canada, which in turn provides fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, beef, pork and poultry products and grapes for prize-winning wines.
• Provides clean air and water as Greenbelt trees act as "lungs" for the area, filtering air pollution, its rivers and streams feeding the sources of drinking water for millions of people.
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